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ark = "wooden box"
A. Greek
1] a wooden chest or box
2] in the NT the ark of the covenant, in the temple at Jerusalem
3] of Noah's vessel built in the form of an ark (see photo)
derivation: of uncertain derivation
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Greek/grk.cgi?number=2787&version=kjv
B. Hebrew
Ark, referring to Noah's Ark and Moses' Ark
1] ark
1.a] vessel which Noah built (see
photo)
1.b] basket vessel in which Moses was placed
derivation: perhaps of foreign derivation
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=08392&version=kjv
Ark, referring to Ark of the Covenant
1] chest, ark
1.a] money chest
1.b] Ark of the Covenant
2] coffin
derivation: from (0717) (in the sense of gathering)
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=0727&version=kjv
(0717)
1] to pluck, gather
1.a] (Qal) to pluck (grapes)
derivation: a primitive root
http://bible.crosswalk.com/Lexicons/Hebrew/heb.cgi?number=717&version=kjv
Additional information:
Paintings of how the Ark of the Covenant might have looked are available
here.
Diagram of the location of the Ark of the Covenant in the Tabernacle is
available here.
Alleged discovery of Noah's Ark is available
here.
Comment:
Regardless of whether the implied assertion, that the original Ark of the
Covenant was in the Temple of Herod at Jerusalem during the time of the events
which are recorded in the New Testament, was intentionally implied or not, the
implied assertion is contradicted by the testimony which is confirmed by the
comparison of 2 Kings 24:13 to the
combination of 2 Chronicles 36:7
and 36:18. The result of the
comparison reads, in part, "Nebuchadnezzar carried all the treasures of the
house of the LORD ..." The emphatic phrase "all the treasures" would necessarily
include the original Ark of the Covenant having been carried from the Temple of
Solomon to Babylon. No mention was ever made of any subsequent location for the
original Ark of the Covenant. The suspicion therefore arises that if there was
an Ark of the Covenant in the Temple of Herod, it was not the original, merely a
copy.
A link to each occurrence of this word in the homepage:
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